Eloísa Pérez-Lozano

BIO

Eloísa Pérez-Lozano graduated from Iowa State University with a B.S. in psychology and an M.S. in journalism and mass communications. Two of her poems were finalists in the 2017 Friendswood Public Library Ekphrastic Poetry contest. A 2016 Sundress Publications Best of the Net nominee, her poetry has been featured in The Texas Observer, Houston Chronicle,Diverse Voices Quarterly, and The Acentos Review, among others. She lives with her family in Houston, Texas.

Twitter @elopoeta

Tornado

He comes into their roomtells her she’s beautiful, amazingshe’s everything to him.

The open sky
brings peace,there’s a slight
breeze in the fieldsand the clouds
seem friendlyas they hoverin the sky.

He starts asking her aboutthe innocuous exchange withthe mailman a few minutes ago.